Dual CPU motherboard question

[mbox_bob]

Well, I wouldn't buy two 5960X's for it (or even one). While they will fit in the socket, and might work if you only filled one socket, they have no QPI links so the CPU's wont talk to each other; and the chipset may object to one without the QPI link, even if it isn't used when only one socket is populated.

You need to put Xeons in this board, any of the 2xxx-V3 series (the 2 indicating it is for Dual CPU boards such as this one) should work. The nomenclature goes on about the E5-2600 v3 family so it may be restricted to this series only.

[icebreaker]

Well, I wouldn't buy two 5960X's for it (or even one). While they will fit in the socket, and might work if you only filled one socket, they have no QPI links so the CPU's wont talk to each other; and the chip set may object to one without the QPI link, even if it isn't used when only one socket is populated.

You need to put Xeons in this board, any of the 2xxx-V3 series (the 2 indicating it is for Dual CPU boards such as this one) should work. The nomenclature goes on about the E5-2600 v3 family so it may be restricted to this series only.

Thanks lol. I read the CPU specification and it says for Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 product family (stupid me) so definitively not the extreme editions. Damn I wish the 5960x had QPI. Would been a great money saver but I will just buy another system then with one titan x or transfer one from my computer now over to my new rig. My dream though would be to purchase two Xeon chips the new e7 18core one x2 for a total of 72 threads but not spending that amount of money on multi-boxing.